11/25/12 11:19 AM EST

House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) praised U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Sunday for her diplomatic work, even as he continued to criticize her for her statements after the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

"Let me just say, I think Susan Rice has done an effective job as U.N. ambassador, especially on issues such as North Korea,” King on said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Still, he continued to hammer Rice on her statements after the attacks on the Benghazi consulate that left four Americans dead.

“On this she is wrong,” King said. “If she is sent out to speak to the American people on what happened in Benghazi, she is obligated to do more than look at three sentences of unclassified or five sentences of unclassified talking points… She knew that the story she was giving out was not entirely true.”

The congressman said that Rice minimized the terrorist element in the attacks in favor of an explanation centered on an anti-Islam video that stoked hostility in the Middle East.

“She certainly toned down, almost minimized the issue of the security threat,” King continued. “That assessment was incomplete and she knew it was incomplete…She has an obligation not to just be a puppet and take what's handed to her.”